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Obama ran for President with the promise of settling for nothing short of maintaining the highest ethical standards in his administration. He spoke out aggressively against lobbyists and influence peddling in Washington.

Yet, in spite of his bravado during the campaign, he has been a milk toast with regard to his response to the Blagojevich Scandal. His initial response was weak and shallow. He should have come out aggressively and demanded the Governor to resign and he should have pledged to make sure that his staff will cooperate 100 percent with Fitzgerald to get to the bottom of what has occurred. It is vitally important to Obama and his staff¹s credibility to answer two fundamental questions, what did you know and when did you know it. Obama and his staff are incorporated by reference numerous times in the Complaint. That doesn¹t mean they did anything wrong, but, it does mean they have a paramount interest to clear their names. It is common sense and human nature that Obama and his staff would have great interest in who replaces Obama as US Senator. It also makes sense that Rahm Emanuel would also have a great interest in who replaces him in Congress.

Blagojevich was also caught on tape discussing the replacement for the Emanuel seat. Emanuel needs to come out and tell us what he knows with regard to this sub plot as well. Politicians never seem to realize that it is not the underlying crime that gets you, it¹s the cover-up. Obama and his staff need to get ahead of this, If you're innocent you have nothing to fear and if you're guilty, fall on your sword quickly. Fitzgerald is a tough but fair prosecutor. He is going to get to the bottom of this if he hasn¹t already.

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